Stock futures are signaling a sharp pullback following theresignation of White House economic advisor Gary Cohn. Cohn's departure has reignited fears of a trade war -- which have weighed on equities over the past week -- especially with European leaders warning of retaliatory tariffs. Turning to economic data, the ADP employment report for February revealed 235,000 new jobs in the private sector,...Read More
Mr. David Wolfin reportsCORAL GOLD PROVIDES OUTLOOK FOR 2018, INCLUDING BARRICK'S PLANS FOR ROBERTSON EXPLORATION Coral Gold Resources Ltd. has concluded a watershed year, highlighted by the sale of the company's Robertson property to Barrick in June, 2017. The agreement included a cash payment to Coral of $15.75-million (U.S.) (approximately $21.2-million(Canadian) based on the exchange rate at t...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer, said on Wednesday it expects earnings to more than double by 2025 to $31 billion, with crude prices CLc1LCOc1 at or above current levels.The aggressive growth outlook is designed to directly counter concerns from investors and analysts who have bemoaned the company’s returns, which have sag...Read More
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit increased to a more than nine-year high in January, with the shortfall with China widening sharply, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s “America First” trade policies are unlikely to have a material impact on the deficit.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday the trade gap jumped 5.0 percent to $56.6 billion. That was the hig...Read More
Gold mining in Africa has a bad rap - particularly when it comes to women. Depictions of the trade often focus on poverty, environmental destruction, prostitution and harassment. But in the gold mining belt of Mali, one of the world's poorest countries, the victimization lens does great injustice to the hundreds of women mining alongside men.Women working in the mines would be the first to say tha...Read More
Worries about a trade war halted the slide in gold last week thathad threatened to carry prices below $1,300 an ounce, says Standard Chartered.“Expectations of a steeper hiking trajectory have weighed on gold, coupled witha stronger USD [U.S. dollar], but gold also caught a safe-haven bid on the backof the uncertainty surrounding the possibility of a global trade war,” the banksays. &l...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
Mr. Joseph Campbell reportsTERRAX STAKES 337.5 SQUARE KILOMETERS OF CONTIGUOUS GROUND IN THE HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE YELLOWKNIFE GOLD DISTRICTTerrax Minerals Inc. has expanded its land position at its wholly owned Yellowknife City gold (YCG) project through the staking of an additional 337.5 square kilometres immediately to the north of its current properties. These additional 47 claims were staked bas...Read More
(Kitco News)- Technicalselling in gold is dominating the marketplace Wednesday after private-payrollsprocessor ADP reported stronger-than-expected job growth in February.ADP said that 235,000jobs were created in February. According to consensus forecasts, economistswere expecting to see job gains of 199,000. Not only did February employment beat expectations, but January's data were revised higher...Read More
* Trump adviser resignation increases trade war threat* ECB may rethink policy as tariff threat looms* Euro zone yields lower 2-5 bps across the board* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Adds graphic, updates prices)By Abhinav RamnarayanLONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Euro zone government bond yields dropped on Wednesday on speculation that planned U.S. import tariffs including...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on imported steel and aluminum would barely budge the price of a Boeing Co jetliner or fighter plane, belying fears of a big blow to U.S. industry, aerospace analysts said.What could have an impact is retaliation by countries such as China, one of Boeing’s biggest customers, if the United States goes through with threat...Read More
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has put more than a dozen UK-based banking, sales and trading staff on notice to move to Frankfurt within weeks, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, as it braces for divorce between Britain and the European Union.After months of patience and private lobbying, the U.S. investment bank has decided it can no longer wait for clarity from law...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Wednesday after the resignation of top economic adviser Gary Cohn, a supporter of free trade in the White House, triggered worries that President Donald Trump may push ahead with plans to impose hefty metal tariffs and ignite a global trade war.Dow e-minis 1YMc1 were down 257 points by 7:20 a.m. ET.Manufacturing giants Boeing (BA.N) and Caterpil...Read More
South Africa's mining industry and the government are moving closer to resolving a dispute over levels of black ownership that's deterred investment and dragged down growth in the continent's most industrialized economy.The government last year revised its mining charter to require companies to maintain at least 30 percent black ownership, a move rejected by the Chamber of Mines, which sued to sto...Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday offered Britain a free trade agreement for their post-Brexit relationship, a draft text showed, outlining a much more limited cooperation than London had called for.A draft joint position from the remaining 27 EU members, seen by Reuters ahead of its official publication later on Wednesday, said the bloc was determined to foster a close partners...Read More
The current stock market rally turns nine years old this week. It was March 6, 2009, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) hit its lowest point following the 2008-2009 market crash. There have only been a handful of times in its history that the Dow has seen this kind of rally over a nine-year period. This week, I'm looking at how stocks have performed after these rallies -- and how 2018 has...Read More
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Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.Gold s...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic nationalists appeared to gain the upper hand in a White House battle over trade with the resignation of Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, on Tuesday in a move that could ramp up protectionist measures that risk igniting a global trade war.Cohn did not spell out the reasons for his resignation. He had told Trump that markets would slump on a tarif...Read More
Gold prices slipped on Wednesday on profit taking after hitting a one-week high earlier on news that a top economic advisor to the Trump administration had resigned, stoking fears of a trade war and knocking down the dollar.Market watchers said the departure of economic adviser Gary Cohn, a former Wall Street banker, would embolden protectionist forces in the U.S. administration as U.S. President...Read More